# A floating outline of pdf viewer

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/a-floating-outline-of-pdf-viewer/64799>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** pdf-viewer\
**Created:** [August 10, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/a-floating-outline-of-pdf-viewer/64799 "2023-08-10T06:56:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_tree](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/the_tree/32/51846_2.png) [@the\_tree](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/the_tree)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/a-floating-outline-of-pdf-viewer/64799/1 "2023-08-10T06:56:31Z")

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### Use case or problem

When using pdf viewer, searching things in outline is very common. But since current outline uses a fixed space when turned on, the font size inside pdf changes every time I turn on or turn of outline, which is somewhat noising.

 ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/5/7/5717521f40ffed2547a5c6a603043da1043b6033.png)

 ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/5/4/546ff4bdb0df87f41acf2202dc8c1f2de038c3e9.png)

### Proposed solution

A floating outline like what pdf view inside edge browser has may be a nice solution. Turing on and off doesn’t affect the size of content of a pdf. It can be added as an option for user to decide which mode to use.

 ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/d/7/d7d7957fe8ed9db8a62a24874e1aacd7f5150e22.png)

 ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/7/4/74096ee6d67d51332d49408f3a075b8eafc4fc40.png)